Video footage shows dozens of anti-government protesters toppling the statue of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad's late father Hafez in the Damascus suburb of Jaramana, as insurgents approached the capital. The protesters can be seen pulling down the bust of Hafez in the square and chanting anti-Assad slogans. The advance into Damascus came just a week after Islamist insurgents led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham retook Aleppo in northern Syria.
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